Question 1

What do you think accounts for the varying sects of Buddhism in China?  Who would find the Pure Land sect appealing, and why? ​

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The varying sects of Buddhism in China c...

Question 2

What were the chief initiatives taken by the early rulers of the Ming dynasty to enhance the role of China in the world? Why did the imperial court order the famous voyages of Zhenghe, and why were they discontinued?

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The early rulers of the Ming dynasty too...

Question 3

The Chinese civil service examination system

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A)  included a quota system to insure that over one-half of those who took it were peasants.
B)  insured that those passing all levels of the exams would receive life-long pensions.
C)  was designed to keep the "scholar-gentry" from taking the advanced examinations.
D)  was no longer used after the early 600s.
E)  was unable to solve the problem of officials using their positions to help their relatives.

Question 4

The most effective expression of literature from the Tang to the Ming dynasties was in the form of

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A)  technical books of instruction for artisans and peasants.
B)  general prose.
C)  historical narratives.
D)  poetry.
E)  encyclopedic gazettes.

Question 5

Why were the Mongols able to amass an empire, and what were the main characteristics of their rule in China? What was the impact of the "Pax Mongolica" on Eurasian societies in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries?

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The Mongols were able to amass an empire...

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Zheng He

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Zheng He, also known as Cheng Ho, was a ...

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
School of the Mind

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The term "School of the Mind" is not a w...

Question 8

The Turkish-speaking tribal group that ultimately overthrew the Tang were the

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A)  Mongols.
B)  Magyars.
C)  Uighurs.
D)  Jurchens.
E)  Kirghiz.

Question 9

The Grand Canal built under Sui Dy nasty rulers was notable for all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  transportation of food products from the South to the North.
B)  rapid communications between regions of China.
C)  more efficient dispatching of troops to the provinces.
D)  facilitating transmission of Buddhism.
E)  Emperor Sui Yangdi could survey his empire.

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Song dynasty

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The Song dynasty was a ruling dynasty in...

Question 11

After the third century C.E. collapse of the Han dynasty, China fell into a long period of division and civil war.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Southern Song dynasty ​ruled from which city?

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A)  ​Beijing
B)  ​Canton
C)  ​Hangzhou
D)  ​Khotan
E)  ​Kaifeng

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Wu Zhao/Empress Wu

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Wu Zhao, also known as Empress Wu, was t...

Question 14

All of the following factors contributed to the end of Mongol rule in China except

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A)  excessive military expenditures.
B)  insufficient incoming receipts from taxes.
C)  internal strife, aggravated by growing famine.
D)  inferior abilities among the successors to Khubilai Khan.
E)  the plague that killed millions of Mongols in 1241 and 1242.

Question 15

What roles did Buddhism, Daoism, and Neo-Confucianism play in Chinese intellectual life in the period between the Sui dynasty and the Ming? In the public sphere, what advantages did Confucianism have over Buddhism and Daoism, and why?

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During the period between the Sui dynast...

Question 16

Empress Wu

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A)  made a significant contribution to the civil service examination system.
B)  achieved nothing positive during her rule.
C)  deposed her courtiers at the age of 80 and went on to rule another eight years.
D)  found a rationalization for her rule in a Daoist sutra.
E)  was assassinated on her fortieth birthday.

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Sui Dynasty

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The Sui Dynasty was a short-lived imperi...

Question 18

Published in 868 C.E., this ____ is the earliest printed work known to exist.

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A)  Buddhist text
B)  Census analysis.
C)  edition of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms
D)  copy of the travelogue of Zheng He.
E)  Daoist text

Question 19

What prevented an all-out attack on Western Europe by the Mongols in the early 13th Century?​

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A)  ​Coalition of Islamic and Christian forces against the Mongols.
B)  ​Fire-lances and gunpowder.
C)  ​The death of Genghis Khan.
D)  ​Successful resistance by Muscovite Russia.
E)  ​The attractive positioning of Baghdad.

Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Khubilai Khan

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Khubilai Khan, also spelled as Kublai Kh...

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Empress Wu

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